Deansgate (ward)

For the road in Manchester City Centre, see Deansgate.

Deansgate
Electoral ward
Deansgate electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto:  By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53°28′42″N2°14′58″W / 53.4784°N 2.2494°W / 53.4784; -2.2494
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	December 2017
Named after	Deansgate
Government
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Anthony McCaul (Labour)
• Councillor	Marcus Johns (Labour)
• Councillor	Joan Davies (Labour)
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Manchester Central
Member of Parliament	Lucy Powell
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Blackley and Broughton
Member of Parliament	Graham Stringer

The Deansgate electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace part of the City Centre ward in 2018. ^[1]

Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs; the majority of the ward is in the Manchester Central constituency but the area north of the railway line through Victoria station is in the Blackley and Broughton constituency.

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: ^[1] William Jeavons, Labour (2019–23), ^[2] Marcus Johns, Labour (2021–24), ^[3] and Joan Davies, Labour (2018–22). ^[4]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2018		William Jeavons (Lab)		Marcus Johns (Lab)		Joan Davies (Lab)
2019		William Jeavons (Lab)		Marcus Johns (Lab)		Joan Davies (Lab)
2021		William Jeavons (Lab)		Marcus Johns (Lab)		Joan Davies (Lab)

  indicates seat up for election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Marcus Johns*	1,245	53.9	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	583	25.3	0.6
	Green	Chris Ogden	256	11.1	9.9
	Conservative	James Flanagan	164	7.1	5.0
	Women's Equality	Samantha Days	60	2.6	8.6
Majority			662	32.6	12.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.7
Turnout			2,324	28.9	9.5
Registered electors			8,047
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jeavons*	497	34.8	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	449	31.4	6.7
	Green	Christopher Ogden	252	17.6	3.4
	Conservative	Connor Watson	126	8.8	3.9
	Women's Equality	Sam Johnson	105	7.3	3.9
Majority			48	3.36	10.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.63
Turnout			1429	19.81	0.43
Registered electors			7,258
	Labour hold		Swing	5.35

May 2018

2018 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Davies*	782	53.3
	Labour	Marcus Johns	604	41.1
	Labour	William Jeavons	570	38.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	362	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gary McKenna	311	21.2
	Green	Christopher Ogden	308	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	George Rice	285	19.4
	Conservative	Russ George	196	13.4
	Conservative	Lee Evans	185	12.6
	Independent	Nick Buckley	164	11.2
	Women's Equality	Sam Johnson	164	11.2
	Conservative	Charles Latchford	151	10.3
	Independent	Giles Grover	99	6.7
Majority			208
Rejected ballots			2	0.026
Turnout			1,468	19.38
Registered electors			7,573
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
	Labour	3	3	1,956	46.78
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	958	22.91
	Conservative	3	0	532	12.72
	Green	1	0	308	7.37
	Independent	2	0	263	6.29
	Women's Equality	1	0	164	3.92

References

1. LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
2. "William Jeavons". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 9 July 2019.
3. "Marcus Johns". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 22 February 2018.
4. "Joan Davies". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 22 May 2018.
5. "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.